Author: Caelin Bragg

Instructors: this is an ideal time to provide student feedback in the Student Early Alert System (SEAS). SEAS allows you to share observations on attendance, participation, assignments and quizzes/exams for all students.

Also review previously flagged students. If a student has shown improvement, removing or updating the flag helps ensure the accuracy of the data and better reflects the impact of early intervention.

Access SEAS via myWSU > Home or Teach/Advise tab > SEAS link

Thank you for your continued support of student success. For more information about SEAS, visit the SEAS website.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on Main Course Evaluation.

• The “Main Course Evaluation” is a core set of questions that will be sent to all courses in which the instructor has not selected to “opt-out.”
• Instructors can find these questions in CES. While in “Manage Courses,” click on the semester’s project, and then click on “Preview” to view the questions. The questions can also be found in the FAQs on the CES website.
• Some courses are not eligible for the “Main Course Evaluation.” These are courses that are appointment-based, research, COOP, Intensive English, Market-Based and weekend-only courses.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Elmer Hoyer, professor emeritus of engineering, passed away March 4.

Hoyer worked for Wichita State for over 30 years before retiring in 2001, starting as an assistant professor of electrical engineering in 1966. He completed his doctoral dissertation in 1967 and was later promoted to associate professor in 1971 and professor in 1980.

Visitation will be at noon Thursday, March 12 at Old Mission Mortuary, 3424 E. 21st St. N, followed by services at 1 p.m.

Zaid Al Mashni delivered the clinching victory for Wichita State in a 4-3 upset win over No. 34 Oklahoma State on March 8 at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex.

Sunday’s victory marked Wichita State’s first win over the Cowboys (12-4) since 1996, and the program’s highest-ranked victory since defeating No. 32 Memphis in 2021. The result also pushed the Shockers (9-7) to its fifth straight win, its longest streak since 2021.

Riding a six-game win streak, Shocker men’s basketball enters the 2026 American Conference Championship as the No. 2 seed.

Wichita State concluded the regular season at 13-5 in league play, tied with Tulsa in the league standings, but earned the coveted top two seed due to the tiebreaker. With the No. 2 seed, Wichita State secures a triple bye all the way to the semifinals. Wichita State will take the court in the American Conference Championship at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14 in Birmingham, Alabama on ESPN2.

The Shockers will play either No. 3 Tulsa, No. 6 North Texas, No. 7 Florida Atlantic or No. 10 Temple for a spot in the championship game.

Wichita Southeast High School graduate Ronal Bhagat returned to his alma mater on March 6 with a surprise — and a $50,000 investment in a student’s future.

Southeast senior Natalia Malcolm learned in front of her classmates that she will receive the four-year scholarship to attend Wichita State University beginning this fall.

Bhagat, managing director of Trez Capital in New York City, announced Malcolm as the first recipient of the Bhagat Family Foundation – Wichita Southeast High School Overcoming Adversity Scholarship during a school assembly.

Now is the time for you to check your class progress and reflect on the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester. Look for your grades in Blackboard, visit the Shocker Learning Center on the second floor of the Shocker Success Center or contact student.success@wichita.edu to connect with your success coach.

Wichita State’s Innovation Campus hosts Braeburn Square, home to multiple restaurants to satisfy your cravings, whether you’re in the mood for sandwiches from Jersey Mike’s; Mexican food with Fuzzy’s Taco Shop; authentic Korean corn dogs from Two Hands; pizza and burgers from Social Tap; Indian cuisine from Rajadhani; or affordable and speedy pizza from Pizza Shuttle.

The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. These dates are for the spring 2026 semester.

• The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for spring semester courses.
• The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
• The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

The full CES administrative schedule can always be found on the website.

If your course is in bold, then your spring 2026 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Jordan Devoy is a College of Fine Arts alumna who majored in filmmaking and graduated in December 2025. Before earning her bachelor’s degree in media arts with a filmmaking concentration, she had on-the-job training at Shocker Studios. Devoy gained experience in solo and collaborative projects throughout the production process. As a studio videographer, she shot and edited videos for Shocker Studios and its clients.

As a studio videographer, Devoy primarily handled production for Shocker Studios’ social media and live event videos. Devoy had opportunities to shoot and edit client projects and commercials that Shocker Studios contracts as a production facility. Other projects included video promotion for the school and behind-the-scenes content.

In these varying projects and production levels, Devoy advanced her professional skills.